Table of Contents, February 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 1997 Issue 433 Vol. 38 No. 2
30th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Major Publishing Changes/8 Silverberg SF Anthology Blockbuster/8
1996 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees/8 1996 Chain Bestsellers/8
1997 Nebula Awards Weekend/8 Copyright Requests for Chinese Translations/9
Marvel Files Chapter 11/9 UPC Awards/9
THE DATA FILE
Tomorrow Moves to Net/9 Announcements/9
International Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Awards News/72
Publishing News/72 Financial News/72 Bookstore News/73
Book News/73 Online News/73 Market Update/73 Court Cases/73
Multi-Media Update/73 Publications Received/73 Multi-Media Received/73
INTERVIEWS
Linda Nagata: Choice and Change/4
Larry Niven: Painful Fiction/6
1 9 9 6 : THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading by: Charles N. Brown/30 Gary K. Wolfe/31
Russell Letson/34 Faren Miller/35 Edward Bryant/38 Shira Daemon/39
Carolyn Cushman/39 Gardner Dozois/72 Mark R. Kelly/72
1996 Recommended Reading List/40 1996 Book Summary/43
1996 Magazine Summary/46
OBITUARIES
Carl Sagan/70 Appreciation by Stephen Baxter/70
H.R. “Bill” Percy/71 William Rushton/71 Mike Baker/71
Clyde Tombaugh/71 Hester Gorst/71
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: December/52 Books Received: December/53
British Books: November/63 Bestsellers/68
Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 QuotePage/27
Locus Letters/71 Editorial Matters/72
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
Interzone 12/96; F&SF 1/97; SF Age 1/97; Asimov’s 3/
97; SHORT TAKES: Analog 1/96; Analog 2/96; Analog
4/96; Analog 6/96; Analog 8/96; Analog 11/96; The
Williamson Effect, Roger Zelazny, ed; A Nightmare’s
Dozen, Michael Stearn, ed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 15
The Best of Interzone, David Pringle, ed.; Unlocking
the Air and other Stories, Ursula K. Le Guin; The
Black Sun, Jack Williamson; The Billion Dollar Boy,
Charles Sheffield; The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich:
A Study of the Mass Insanity at Smithville, Fritz
Leiber.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 17
The White Abacus, Damien Broderick; Silicon Embrace,
John Shirley; Freedom and Necessity, Steven
Brust & Emma Bull; The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce;
Waking Beauty, Paul Witcover; Cinderblock, Janine
Ellen Young.
Reviews by Russell Letson /1 9
The Beacon, Valerie J. Freireich; The Fleet of Stars,
Poul Anderson; Celestial Dogs, J.S. Russell.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 21
Brand New Cherry Flavor, Todd Grimson; Dead Heat,
Del Stone, Jr.; A Dozen Black Roses, Nancy A. Collins;
SHORT TAKES: Even the Queen and Other Short Stories,
Connie Willis; Nightcast, Ronald James.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 23
Chaos Come Again, Wilhelmina Baird; The Kronos
Condition, Emily Devenport; The Three Damosels,
Vera Chapman.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman/ 25
Freedom and Necessity, Steven Brust & Emma Bull;
King’s Dragon, Kate Elliott; Keeper of the King, Nigel
Bennett & P.N. Elrod; Stalking Darkness, Lynn
Flewelling; Song in the Silence, Elizabeth Kerner; Sing
the Warmth, Louise Marley; Wonder Tales, Marina
Warner, ed.
LOCUS February 1997/3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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February 1997 Issue 433 Vol. 38 No. 2
30th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Major Publishing Changes/8 Silverberg SF Anthology Blockbuster/8
1996 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees/8 1996 Chain Bestsellers/8
1997 Nebula Awards Weekend/8 Copyright Requests for Chinese Translations/9
Marvel Files Chapter 11/9 UPC Awards/9
THE DATA FILE
Tomorrow Moves to Net/9 Announcements/9
International Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Awards News/72
Publishing News/72 Financial News/72 Bookstore News/73
Book News/73 Online News/73 Market Update/73 Court Cases/73
Multi-Media Update/73 Publications Received/73 Multi-Media Received/73
INTERVIEWS
Linda Nagata: Choice and Change/4
Larry Niven: Painful Fiction/6
1 9 9 6 : THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading by: Charles N. Brown/30 Gary K. Wolfe/31
Russell Letson/34 Faren Miller/35 Edward Bryant/38 Shira Daemon/39
Carolyn Cushman/39 Gardner Dozois/72 Mark R. Kelly/72
1996 Recommended Reading List/40 1996 Book Summary/43
1996 Magazine Summary/46
OBITUARIES
Carl Sagan/70 Appreciation by Stephen Baxter/70
H.R. “Bill” Percy/71 William Rushton/71 Mike Baker/71
Clyde Tombaugh/71 Hester Gorst/71
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: December/52 Books Received: December/53
British Books: November/63 Bestsellers/68
Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 QuotePage/27
Locus Letters/71 Editorial Matters/72
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
Interzone 12/96; F&SF 1/97; SF Age 1/97; Asimov’s 3/
97; SHORT TAKES: Analog 1/96; Analog 2/96; Analog
4/96; Analog 6/96; Analog 8/96; Analog 11/96; The
Williamson Effect, Roger Zelazny, ed; A Nightmare’s
Dozen, Michael Stearn, ed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 15
The Best of Interzone, David Pringle, ed.; Unlocking
the Air and other Stories, Ursula K. Le Guin; The
Black Sun, Jack Williamson; The Billion Dollar Boy,
Charles Sheffield; The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich:
A Study of the Mass Insanity at Smithville, Fritz
Leiber.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 17
The White Abacus, Damien Broderick; Silicon Embrace,
John Shirley; Freedom and Necessity, Steven
Brust & Emma Bull; The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce;
Waking Beauty, Paul Witcover; Cinderblock, Janine
Ellen Young.
Reviews by Russell Letson /1 9
The Beacon, Valerie J. Freireich; The Fleet of Stars,
Poul Anderson; Celestial Dogs, J.S. Russell.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 21
Brand New Cherry Flavor, Todd Grimson; Dead Heat,
Del Stone, Jr.; A Dozen Black Roses, Nancy A. Collins;
SHORT TAKES: Even the Queen and Other Short Stories,
Connie Willis; Nightcast, Ronald James.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 23
Chaos Come Again, Wilhelmina Baird; The Kronos
Condition, Emily Devenport; The Three Damosels,
Vera Chapman.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman/ 25
Freedom and Necessity, Steven Brust & Emma Bull;
King’s Dragon, Kate Elliott; Keeper of the King, Nigel
Bennett & P.N. Elrod; Stalking Darkness, Lynn
Flewelling; Song in the Silence, Elizabeth Kerner; Sing
the Warmth, Louise Marley; Wonder Tales, Marina
Warner, ed.
LOCUS February 1997/3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (ISSN
0047-4959), is published monthly, at $4.50 per copy, by
Locus Publications, 34 Ridgewood Lane, Oakland CA
94611. Please send all mail to: Locus Publications, P.O.
Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661. Telephone (510) 339-
9196; (510) 339-9198. FAX (510) 339-0144. E-mail:
Locus@Locusmag.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via periodical
mail. In Canada: $48.00 for 12 issues, $90.00 for
24 issues via periodical mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the US or Canada are $53.00 for 12 issues,
*’$95.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $48.00 for 12 issues, $90.00 for 24 issues via sea
mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South America
via air mail are $70.00 for 12 issues, $120.00 for 24 issues.
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Lifetime subscriptions are ten times the one-year
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CAMBS PE14 9BU, UK. Japanese Subscription Agent:
Yoshio Kobayashi, 3-34-14-301, Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo,
145, Japan; Australian Subscription Agent: Justin
Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O Box2708X, Melbourne,
Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts available.
Display advertising rates on request. ©1997 by Locus
Publications. We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Printed in the United States. Periodical postage
paid at Oakland, California and additional mailing offices.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to Locus@Locusmag.com or
by fax to 510-339-8144.________________________
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Poll Database: www.sff.net/locus/poll/index.html;
Locus index to Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror
1984-1996: http://www.sff.net/locus/. Unofficial Web
Site: Index to Locus’s book reviews, interviews and
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oneirovox or CompuServe at GOSFLIT, Library 15,
and maybe other places.
